Why Did the Apollo Landers Look So Odd?

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Go to https://ground.news/droid to access data-driven information from around the world. Subscribe through my link to get 40% off the Vantage plan for unlimited access. The Apollo lunar lander or LEM was one of the strangest looking spacecraft ever built but it was designed to get a job done that had never been done before. Some say that it was a fake and too flimsy to withstand the rigours of space flight and get men to the moon and back again and yet it did that very job six times with without fail. This is the story of why the Apollo landers looked like they did and why they became an Icon of the space race. Written researched and presented by Paul Shillito Images and footage : Grumman Airfcraft Corp, NASA To give one off tips and donations please use the following : https://www.buymeacoffee.com/curiousdroid or paypal.me/curiousdroid And a big thanks go to our Patreons for the on going support. https://www.patreon.com/curiousdroid Eριχθόνιος JL Adriaan von Grobbe Alex K Alipasha Sadri Andrew Gaess Andrew Smith Bengt Stromberg Brian Kelly Carl Soderstrom Charles Thacker Chris Senn Daniel Armer erik ahrsjo Florian Muller George Bishop II Glenn Dickinson Jesse Postier John & Becki Johnston John A Cooper John Michaelson Ken Schwarz L D László Antal Lorne Diebel Mark Heslop Matti Malkia Patrick M Brennan Paul Freed Paul Shutler Peter Engrav Robert Sanges Ryan Emmenegger Sirrianus Dagovax stefan hufenbach Steve Ehrmann Steve J - LakeCountySpacePort tesaft Tim Alberstein Tyron Muenzer